About Kot Village

Kot is a small village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 217 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495671, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Baikunthpur
Pincode	495671
Area (hectares)	317.5 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	217
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kot compares

By the 2011 count Kot is the 94th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 317.5 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Kot

Kot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kot as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kot from other places

Kot lies about 31 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Chirmiri, about 36 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kot
District headquarters	Koriya	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baikunthpur	32 km
Nearest railway station	Chirmiri	36 km

Villages closest to Kot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baikunthpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kot

As per the Census of India 2011, Kot village had a population of 418. That makes it the 94th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Kot village has 217 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kot has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Kot is 495671. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kot covers 317.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kot falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kot is Chirmiri, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kot.

Kot is about 31 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kot is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Koriya district. Koriya is about 31 km away. Baikunthpur is about 32 km away. Chirmiri is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.